The Best Ghost Stories Ever Told

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Cover; Halftitle; Title; Copyright; CONENTS; Introduction Stephen Brennan; The Monkey's Paw W.W. Jacobs; Green Tea Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu; The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes Rudyard Kipling; The Mystery of Barney O'Rourke John Kendrick Bangs; The Red-Haired Girl Sabine Baring-Gould; The Man and The Snake Ambrose Bierce; The Open Window Saki (H.H. Munro); The Story of Salome Amelia B. Edwards; The Black Cat Edgar Allan Poe; John Charrington's Wedding E. Nesbit; The Old Nurse's Story Elizabeth Gaskell; The Business of Madame Jahn Vincent O'Sullivan; The Canterville Ghost Oscar Wilde.;When "gut feelings" have been replaced by a thirst for proof and hard evidence, it's good to know that you can still be spooked by a collection like this one. Best Ghost Stories is a creepy group of over forty tales by some of the most impressive names in the writing world. Terrifying, bone-chillingly eerie, and good fun, these haunting narratives give vivid descriptions of creepy characters and happenings that will make you hesitate before turning out the light!More than just a niche product, ghost stories hold a bewitching appeal for all kinds of writers and reader. Cover Halftitle Title Copyright CONENTS Introduction Stephen Brennan The Monkey's Paw W.W. Jacobs Green Tea Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes Rudyard Kipling The Mystery of Barney O'Rourke John Kendrick Bangs The Red-Haired Girl Sabine Baring-Gould The Man and The Snake Ambrose Bierce The Open Window Saki (H.H. Munro) The Story of Salome Amelia B. Edwards The Black Cat Edgar Allan Poe John Charrington's Wedding E. Nesbit The Old Nurse's Story Elizabeth Gaskell The Business of Madame Jahn Vincent O'Sullivan The Canterville Ghost Oscar Wilde. A Haunted Island Algernon BlackwoodThe Secret of Macarger's Gulch Ambrose Bierce The Romance of Certain Old Clothes Henry James The Lost Ghost Mary E. Wilkins Freeman Man-Size in Marble E. Nesbit The Queen of Spades Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin The Story of the Spaniards, Hammersmith E. and H. Heron Number 13 M.R. James The Apparition of Mrs. Veal Daniel Defoe Round the Fire Catherine Crowe The Isle of Voices R.L. Stevenson The Plattner Story H.G. Wells On the Brighton Road Richard Middleton The Last House in C- Street Dinah M. Mulock The Furnished Room O. Henry. Hamlet's Ghost William ShakespeareCaterpillars E.F. Benson The Black Mate Joseph Conrad A Tough Tussle Ambrose Bierce Napoleon and the Spectre Charlotte Brontë John Jago's Ghost Wilkie Collins The Terror Guy de Maupassant Not to be Taken at Bed-Time Rosa Mulholland The Haunted House Charles Dickens The Bold Dragoon or, The Adventure of My Grandfather Washington Irving A Ghost Story Mark Twain Afterward Edith Wharton The Brown Hand Arthur Conan Doyle The Affair at Grover Station Willa Cather.